Hinged seat and cover.



G. W. coLLmsfl HING ED sm AND COVER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. I915.

' Patented Apr. 30,, 1918.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY Holyoke,

GEORGE W. COLLINS, OF HOLYUKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3d, T918.

Application filled February 9, 1915. Serial Ito. 7,016.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon W. OoLLms, a citizen of the United States, residin at in the county of Ham den, tate of, Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvementsin. Hinged Seats and Covers, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the nocompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

- The object of the invention is to provide an improved hinge construction whereby the seat may be hingedly connected to its support, such as a water-closet-bowl, and the cover hingedly connected to the seat by hinging elements which are wholl independent of and separate from the inging elements by which the seat is connected to its support, the construction being such that whether the cover is applied to the seat or detached therefrom'there is no metal exposed to the danger of corrosion, and the In the rawings Figure 1' is a perspective view of my improved construction, and Fig.

2 is a vertical section, on a larger scale, of the rear portion of the seat and cover showing the lungs construction in detail. Fi 3 is a transverse section illustrating a mo ification in the hinging of the cover, and Fig.

4 is a transverse section showing the cover and intle removed and the plugs of Fig. 3 used to close the pintle-opening 1n the seat projection or block.

Theseat a and cover I; may be of any usual or approved construction, and are [preferably covered with celluloid or other suitable sanitary or protective material. If desired, these parts may be built up of sections suitably matched as indicated in the drawing and held together, by fastenings, such as the concealed or blind dowels h shown in connection with the seat, Fig. i. The cover 6 has the rearward extensions 0 and these extensions straddle an upward projection or block '01 on a rearward extension 6 of the seat, and the extension 0 and projection 01 are pierced transversely to receive a suitable pintle f by which the seat and cover are hingedly connected. The pintle may be long enou h to extend beyond the extensions c an threaded ends to be engaged by knob-like finish nuts f, as in Figs. 1 and 2. The projection cl may be secured to or made integral with the seat extension e. The extension 6 is provided with transverse holes or openings to receive the pintles. of the seat-hinging elements g, and these hinging elements serve to connect the seat with'its support, such as a water closet bowl.

The whole surface of all'the parts preferably is covered with celluloid. or other sanitary covering, and thus in addition a perfectlysmooth surface may be obtained.

The only metal parts employed are the pintle f and hinge elements g. The pintle may be of less length than the total distance between the outer surfaces of the sides of the extensions 0 as shown at 7, Fig. 3, and the spaces thus left in the pintle openings in these extensions may be plugged with plugs z, i, Fig. 3, which may be covered .with celluloid or like finish or covering.

So also the members g may be covered with celluloid or some other non-metallic or noncorfbdible substance.

It will be seen that by the construction herein described, the employment of metal parts is reduced to a minimum, and that such metal parts as are employed are covered where exposed with a substance such as that used on the seat extension and the projection (Z and the rearward cover extension, so that the objectionable appearance of corroded metal is avoided, and the cost of manufacture reduced. Moreover, and this is to be particularly noted, the seat and the cover'are hinged independently of one another, so that the breaking or disarrangement of the hinging'elements of one part does not interfere with the operation of the other part. The cover may be detached from the seat without afl'ecting the seat hinging elements, and without destroying the sightliness or symmetry of the seat, since the projection d in no wise suggests a hinge, and is in no wise connected with the seat hinging elements. This detachability of the seat cover is advantageous in many additional ways. For example, the cover is not always desired by the owner be provided with the screw;

' another in another place. Obviously, therefore, a water closet top that may discard its cover without in the least afl ecting its utility or appearance is of great practical utility, especially when its construction is such that the cover may be omitted or supplied without any alteration of the mechanism of the top, as is the case with my invention. A manufacturer or dealer need provide only one style of top to meet all these various requirements, and keep a stock of covers proportional to ascertalnable averages of need of them, or make them to order Without discarding present installations or interrupting their use. When the seat cover is thus removed, the pintle hole or holes in the projection d may be plugged, as shown in Fig.4, so as to avoid the accumulation of dirt, or otherwise rendering the seat unsanitary. Furthermore, the arrangement of one hinge element above the other avoids the danger of the seat and cover rubbing against each other when the seat is raised with the cover resting on it, as might result were the pivotal points in the same horizontal plane. It is immaterial whether the pivotal points or hinging elements are in the same vertical plane, and in some instances it is preferable that they be not in the same vertical plane, and with my construction it is possible to conveniently arrange these hinging elements or pivotal points out of vertical alinement by locating the projection d farther toward the front. One of the advantages of such an arrangement is that provision is made for clearance back of the cover when opened or raised. In some cases it is deslrable to turn the cover backwardly so that it may occupy a position parallel with the seat, and this is possible with the construction herein described.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a seat having a rearward extension, means for hingedly mounting said seat in place, an upward projection upon said seat, and a cover hingedly mounted upon said projectin independently of the hinging elements of the seat and detachable therefrom at pleasure without impairing the sightliness of the seat or dismounting or exposing wholly or in part the seat hinging elements.

2. The combination of a seat having a rearward extension, means for hingedly mounting said seat in place, an upward projection fixedly applied to said rearward extension, a cover havin rearward extensions adapted to engage said seat PIOJBCtlOIl, and

means independent of the seat hinging elements for hingedly connecting the seat projection and the cover extensions, whereby the cover may be detached and removed without affecting the seat hinging elements or impairing the sightliness of the seat.

3. The combination of a seat having a rearward extension, hinge posts having pintles engaging said extension, a projection rising from said extension, a cover having rearward extensions alined with the seat projection and provided with pintle openings, and pintles passed through the cover extensions and into the seat projection.

GEORGE W. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, MARGUERITE DELAND. 

